ferret

In a message dated 8/1/2007 10:27:19 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, kathygab@
writes:
Hi, Doc.
...My husband and I asked several deaf people for the sign for "ferret." We
have three ferrets and fingerspelling it all the time is tedious. So, my
husband suggested three bounces of a pointing finger. I kind of liked it and
asked a deaf friend at work. She shook her head while thinking, then
suggested an "F" shape bouncing. We liked it, and so did others we've shown
it to. Ferrets do bounce all over the place. So that's our home sign for
ferret, and I'm hoping it'll catch on with other signers. Do you like it?
Wanna see pictures of our ferrets? No. Aw, darn.

Kathy
Kathy,
I don't know about the "F" hand bouncing. Depends on how you are
bouncing it. If you are bouncing it across your signing space that is
different from bouncing it up and down in the same place. If you
bounce it up and down in the same place it would conflict somewhat with the
sign for the "Fremont" School for the Deaf (CSD).
Perhaps it would be better to use a flattened "O" handshape to represent the
shape of the head and the way the ferret moves its head side to side when
getting ready to attack a snake.
--Bill